Supplemental running-board for automobiles.



J. T. HAYNE.

SUPPLEMENTAL RUNNING BOARD FOR AUTGMOBILES. APPLICAHON FILED NAR. |12 19:1. RENEv/ED DEC. 11,1918.

Patented Feb. 18, 1912).

2 SHtETS-SHEH '1.

J'. WAYNE.

SUPPLEMENTAL RUNNINGBOARD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

AvPucArlpN man raf/1.11. 1917. asm-:WED uEc. 11,19ls.

gg Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

2 SHEEYS SHEEI 2.

JOHN TAYLR HAYNE, OF BUFFALO, YORK.

SUPPLEMENTAL Runtime-Bonanni@ AUTOMOBILES.

v Y l' 39294990@ specification of Letters raient. v Patented Feb, 18, 191.9, application and time ir, 1917, serial No. 155,542. Renewed December 11,1918.' seriei no. 2ce,aes. i

To all whom t may concern: ning-board `in positionl on a Ford type of- Beit known that J oHN TAYLOR HAYNE, automobile with my supplemental board 'apVA` a citizen of the United States, residing at plied thereto.

' Bu'alo, in the county of Erie and State of Fig. 2 is a 'perspective view of part oan i New York, have invented certain newiand ordinary detached running-board f showing useful Improvements in Supplemental Run` my supplemental board partly in section as 60 ning-Boards for Automobiles, of which the being slid onto the ordinary board. following is a specification. f Fig. 3 is a section on the dotted line A-#A his invention relates to automobile run- Fi 2. l i ning-board attachments, and pertains esig. 4 is an inverted perspective vie'w'of' pecially to a supplemental running-board part of a. supplemental board.y 1 for the usual or ordinary running-boards of Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modificaautomobiles. Y N tion partly brokenaway showinga-"board The objection@ invention is toiprovde ready to be applied to an ordinary` board.l

an improved anucl'of manufacture consti- Fig. 6 is a perspective view showinv the tuting. a complete supplemental runninge board in Fig. o as applied to an ordinary 70 board adapted to be slipped endwise on' and board. I l oii the usual or ordinary'running-boards of Fig. .7 is a perspective view of a further automobiles, especially ofthe Ford type. modiiication. t.

A further object of the invention is to Fig.v 8 is a sectionjtafken on the dotted line provide a supplemental slip-on running- B- ,Fig 6. '75 'board for the ordinary .running-boards of The same reference character@ denote the automobiles, which shall be of suchconsame `parts throughout the several viewsof v struction as to form a complete cover `t'or the drawings. y and preserve the ordinary boards against n carrying out my inventionfI-employa rusting and the usual Wear and disguraprincipal or main .plate .1,'preferab1y'iof30 tion thereof. sheet metal and of such weight as desired A still further object ofthe invention is to afford sufficient thickness so as not toibo to provide a protection for ordinary rundeected, bent or punctured when appliedt ning-boards which shall constitute a sup-Y an' ordinary running-board 2, having` f s'u'r# pleniental running-board complete in itself faceprotrusions 3,.as of theFordtype auto- 85 and having; suoli construction as to be slid mobiles, or any other typeiemployingsimilar ;on and off the ordinary boards endwise, and removable boards.I To the upper or outer as to beheld on the ordinary boards Without face of the plate l, is applied a-plate' L" lts, rivets, screws or any such fasteni-ngs preferably of linoleiim or othersimilar'or` for connectinfrsthe supplemental board with'l 4Suitable composition or'fabric material hav# 9 0 the ordinary boards. ing` its outer surface cross-hatched in A still further object of the invention is squares or other designs-to form an aiitiezlip" Y. to provide in a supplemental' running-board ornamental tread surface, and said surface: such construction and arrangement of parts may be of any desired color. The tread; as to cushion the supplemental boards .onf-plato 4 is preferablyv gummed or gluedt'o`95 y the ordinary boards and thereby prevent" the plate l with the edges of these plates" rattlingl of and frictionl between the boards, flush. The under or inner face of the plate' and also to preserve the ordinary boards 1 is provided with a textile baize, cloth, felt from the eii'ects of Water and the usual Wear or. other'similar lining 5, the `edges thereofy dinary boards. plates land 4. 1, i y' Various other obiects, advantages and imi he means embodied in the supplein'ental' v proved results Willbe found in the manufacboard for connecting 'itfwith the ordinary ture and practical application of the inve'nboards( comprises a pair 'of side binding* i tion as Will be hereinafter disclosed. rims @having a pliable or exiblo n iemberv :105 In the vaccompanying drawings forming lined with material. 8 like or similar` to part of this application the lining 5, or in the samepiece therewith,v

Figure f. is a perspective view of a runprepara-tory to applying'4 the rimscto the..

elements which impair and disfigure theorbein;r preferably Hush with the edges iftlie'i100 I claim as new and desire'to secure by. Let- 1. vA supplement'a binding rims for said plates, certain of said plates constitutingthe only retaining means between the supplemental and ordinary boards, and means for seeuringsaid plates and4 the rims together.

2. A supplemental slide-on running-board.

` I for the ordinary vrunning-looards of automobiles, eomprismg an inner plate, anouter of the inner plate of different material from that of the said plates, and rims upon ,oney

of the plates for binding the plates together and constituting the'o'nly connection between 20 the respective boards.

In Witness whereof I hereunto'set my hand in the presence of two witnesses;

y JOHNTAYLOR HAYNE.

Witnesses:

ROGER F. LANSDALE, C. T. BELT. 

